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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR EARS RING, SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
IF A PORTION OF YOUR SKIRT HEM IS TURNED UP, YOUR BOY-FRIEND IS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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CURE FOR FEVER BLISTERS OR COLD SORES
TAKE A BOBBY PIN AND GET SOME WAX FROM YOUR EARS. RUB THE
WAX ON THE SORE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CATLETTSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
ACHING TOES AND BONES
THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO GRADUATE
STUDENT: IF YOUR TOES ACHES OR YOUR BONES ACHE IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
MOON RAYS
SISTER MARY EDMUND, WHO COMES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA,
SAID THAT IT IS A BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD SLEEP IN THE
DIRECT RAYS OF THE MOON, THEN SHE RECALLED THE INCIDENT,
WHERE A WOMAN HAD DONE THIS REPEATEDLY AND THE MUSCLES IN HER
FACE DREW UP. PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS WAS DUE TO THE POWER OF
THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
THE GHOST OF CHAPEL HILL
IN CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE, THERE IS A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS
WHERE ONE CAN SEE A GHOST. AT NIGHT, WHEN A TRAIN COMES
THROUGH THE TRACKS, YOU CAN SEE A RED LIGHT, WHICH IS A
LITTLE WAYS BEHIND IT. THE LIGHT FOLLOWS THE TRAIN AT
ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE ALL THE TIME. NO ONE CAN REALLY TELL
JUST EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. PEOPLE HAVE SHOT AT IT AND NOTHING
HAPPENS. PEOPLE SAY THAT ONE, A LONG TIME AGO, A MAN WAS
SEVERED. SUPPOSEDLY THE GHOST, THE RED LIGHT, KEEPS
RETURNING IN SEARCH OF HIS HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES A SHAGGY DOG, HER BABY WILL HAVE
HAIRY EYEBROWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HERRING PUTS HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
MENSTRUAL TABU
IF A WOMAN COMBS YOUR HAIR WHILE SHE IS MENSTRUATING,
ALL YOUR HAIR WILL FALL OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
TABU
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN COMBS YOUR HAIR, ALL YOUR HAIR WILL
FALL OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
IF YOU CROSS YOUR EYES AND THE WIND CHANGES, THEY WILL
STAY CROSSED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
PEOPLE WITH RED HAIR HAVE FIERY TEMPERS
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color |
IF YOU FIND AN EYELASH YOU ARE SUPPOSE(D) TO PUT IT
BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FINGER AND THEN GUESS WHICH ONE
IT WILL BE ON WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR HAND UP. IF YOU
GUESS THE RIGHT ONE, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU CANNOT GET PREGNANT IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR LEFT SIDE
AFTER INTERCOURSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRACEPTION ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR LEFT FOOT ITCHES, YOU WILL WALK ON
STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GOES TO A FUNERAL, THE BABY WILL BE
BORN PALE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPLEXION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOUR STOMACH STICKS OUT IN FRONT, IT'S A BOY. IF IT STICKS OUT
ON THE SIDES, IT'S A GIRL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM ; MONTGOMERY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-26-1968
PEOPLE WEAR WEDDING BANDS ON THEIR LEFT HANDS BECAUSE IT IS
CLOSER TO THE HEART.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Marriage Engagement ring |
Date learned: 04-29-1969